Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-10-15
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port; W Miller, Bismarck; j. R. Lake,
Boni!la; A. G. Benedict. Springfield.
In K%ingsbury county there is very
little grain threshold as yet. Farmers
were delayed during the hard rain las,
month, and have not yet caught up.
There is probably fifty Car loads oil
wheat in the De Smet houses, and no
cars are furnished. The market is virtu-
ally closed for lack of storage room.
G.E. Sohwindt. formerly OF Kimball,
was arrested in Mitchell Thursday after
noon for drawing q revolver on the mar
shall. who was serving o writ of execu.
ton On him.
Mr. Jackson, manager of A. Polack's
clothing house at Hnrop, says the fail
ure of the firm is not due, as reported, to
the heavy drafts on the Omaha house by
the Huron branch.
On account of the scarcity of oars
there is q complete wood famine Of
Bookings, and unless there is 8 change
soon toe people will be reduced to the
rank of hay burners.
Judge Trip deciseaa that be has
jurisdiction in the case of Handsome
ELI. the .Iudian accused of the murder
OF One Eye. and the case went to
trlai at Chamberlain.
. q unique sight Cd the streets OF MitoL.
ell Thursday was a procession OF thirty
wagons. containing every variety of pre-.
duce, from the farm of D. G West, north
OF toWn, to show what Dakota can do.
The wedding OF W. M. Smith and Miss
Aosdick at St. Mary's church in Mitch
ell Thursday evening was a brillian.
affair. One hundred and fifty guests
we're present and the church was hand
somely decorated.
John Moore, of Superior City, Wis,
better knownas Whitley, a noted gambler,
was shot and mortally wounded by a
cowboy named George Curren while
playing poker in q small town on the
Manitoba road. No arrest has yet been
made.
Sparks from q fax mill started /
ire south of Brookings Tuesday that
tor q short time promised to do much
damage. The wind was blowing q gale
and soon spread the flames over onite
an extent of ground, but did no serious
damage.
b OF the vicinity OF Colum-
bla, Brown county, have effected a
thorough organization and will hereafter
ship their own grain to eastern markets.
A large elevator has been purchased and
IL rapidly being filed up With wheat.
Large shipments have already been
made to Minneapolis markets.
In the UuIted States u at Bis
marek Wednesday Herman Gunther
sergeant OF company d, seventh cavalry.
who was sentenced to two months in the
penitentiary for mayhem, was released
on $1,000 bail, the case having been ap-
pealed to the supreme court on a writ Of
error. I'm the territorial court the In
dian, Bay Chief, was tried for assault
with inten. to commit rape on Mrs. John
Dixon in May last. The jury brought
in q verdics Of guilty.
A bueiness session of the Fargo pres
bytery ives held Wednesday. Rev. F..
M. Wood, missionary from north Dako-
to, reported his work for six paonths,
sho wing that the denomination ID pros-
pering and building many new churches.
One was ordered TO be organized at
Grand Rapids. Sheldon was selected
as the next place of meeting. a local
option meeting wss held at night. They
70 IN q body to Grand Forks 70 attend a
SYNOD. composed of Presbyterians tof
Msndan, Fargo and Pembina.